The Union Ministry of Law and Justice on Monday notified the President’s order appointing Justice M. Duraiswamy, the senior most judge of the Madras High Court, to perform the duties of the office of the Chief Justice of the High Court with effect from September 13.
The appointment has been made due to the superannuation of incumbent Chief Justice Munishwar Nath Bhandari on September 12. Justice Duraiswamy was also due to retire from service on September 21 on attaining the age of 62 and after completing 13 years as a judge of the High Court.
After graduating from the Madras Law college, he had enrolled with the Bar Council of Tamil Nadu and Puducherry on January 21, 1987, served as a junior under A.S. Venkatachalamoorthy, who was later elevated to the Bench and became the Chief Justice of the Chhattisgarh High Court.
